Leader of the European Movement of Serbs from Kosovo and advisor to Kosovo’s Minister for Communities and Returns Rada Trajkovic is being held, for almost 12 hours now, at the Merdare administrative border between Serbia and Kosovo. Trajkovic was stopped at the border by the Serbian police who are preventing her from crossing into Serbia.
Trajkovic wrote Friday morning in a Twitter post that she is being held at the administrative border crossing “without a reason and explanation”, adding that her documents were taken from her “unconstitutionally and illegally” and that she is denied freedom of movement.
“A young man in his 20s came and said he was from BIA (Serbian Security Intelligence Agency). He won’t introduce himself, he won’t question me, he is not telling me the reason why I am being held but only tells me that he has orders not to give me my documents. It is obvious that he came here just to justify my illegal detention,” Trajkovic tweeted.
She wrote in a Twitter post during the night that she does not have her medication with her.
Trajkovic is known as an opponent and outspoken critic of the current Serbian authorities and the Belgrade-backed Serb List.
She was first held back Thursday at the Merdare administrative border crossing when going to Kosovo and was allowed to cross into Kosovo after a several hours-long wait.
Trajkovic met Thursday in Pristina with US Ambassador to Pristina Jeffrey Hovenier.